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Methodist Independent Schools Trust

Registered as METHODIST INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS TRUST. Company number 07649422. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

23days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, Methodist Independent Schools Trust reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 80% of invoices within 30 days, 18% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 26% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 22 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Feb 2021 22 Aug 2021 29 Feb 2022 23 Aug 2022 21 Feb 2023 22 Aug 2023 20 Feb 2024 20 Aug 2024 20 Feb 2025 22 Aug 2025 20 Feb 2026 23 Aug 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Mar to Aug 2026 30 Sep 2026 23 80%18%2%26% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 20 86%11%3%17% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 22 82%15%3%22% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 28 Mar 2025 20 87%11%2%17% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 20 87%12%1%17% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 25 Mar 2024 20 84%14%2%21% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 21 Sep 2023 22 81%17%2%23% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 29 Mar 2023 21 84%13%2%19% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 27 Sep 2022 23 77%19%4%26% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 28 Mar 2022 29 66%24%10%40% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 27 Sep 2021 22 84%12%4%29% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 30 Mar 2021 23 80%16%4%35% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 22 77%19%4%46% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 11 Mar 2020 23 78%19%3%43% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 27 Sep 2019 25 73%22%5%46% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 29 67%26%7%68% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.